Wit, Wisdom & Wonder

I'm putting this out there because I'm seeing a lot of judgment and *that* really bothers me.

To review:

1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance

Some of us have been thrown right back into those stages. That's perfectly appropriate. If you're comfortably in Acceptance, I applaud you. I'm happy for you.

For me, personally, this wasn't about one man's death. It was about Justice for the victims and survivors. For those who have stood before us and fallen overseas, for their families and for those of us who still rage at the senselessness of hatred.

Proverbs 11:10 - When the wicked perish, there is joyful song (Solomon, the Wise)

Spent most of the day catching up on laundry, its always getting away from me somehow. 4 loads and counting, with various things like my delicate sweaters laid over chairs to air dry. Josh and Kevin left for a dump run and given the time, they're off on another one of their adventures. Which means Boo is over and napping under the ever-watchful gaze of Doodle.

I'm just about done with things here, having re-packed the box with our nieces' presents in it, which we will send off to Grandma Rose's so she can tuck things in their stockings and set things before the tree on Christmas Eve. We always send it to the grandparents so the wrapped presents don't drive the girls bonkers. Plus, some of their gifts aren't wrapped (the Blanket Buddies) just tied with bows and gift labels. So this is a better surprise.

I have a half dozen or so errands to run, not including finding myself a couple of new pairs of jeans. I've been putting that off too long, but there's always something else to spend the money on. *sigh* Like the roof repairs.

Managed to move one of the bookcases from the living room, back to the home office. Don't ask. I can move mountains on a good mad. Re-arranged all of the books from that bookshelf and roughly half in the foyer. Then I dusted and wiped down everything in the home office and re-organized a bit in there. Still a bit more to do in there, but the home office is the least important area. Then into the Master Bedroom, picked out about a garbage bag worth of stuff to ditch. Mostly old clothes that are of no value to a thrift store. Found a stash of old holiday cards and ditched those, too.

Update: Moved the little white table with my cookbook collection into the dining room, then with Josh's help, we moved the two bookcases out of the living room and re-organized those books. Moved the Shinto Shrine into the foyer, as well. I like the changes - opens up the living room and makes it cleaner looking. The foyer is a little bit crowded but I'm finding it very hard to care, as its always been incredibly useless. Filling it with books and family pics is as good a purpose as any.

Soon, I'll be off to the bath for a nice long hot mineral salt soak.

In completely unrelated news, I made a few deals on my excess drakes (KC/Runner mixes and Swedes) in exchange for 3 little brooder/tractors. Should work great next breeding season, each lady will have her own setup, complete with mini-coop and mini-pen. I even have a place scoped out in the West Wing of Bunhalla. Unfortunately, the swap isn't going to happen until after the in-laws visit. Oh well. It will be a huge relief to get the freeloaders off onto new adventures in my friend's Freezer Camp.

I'm overwhelmed with projects at the moment, too many really to go into. The Grange dictionary project that I voted against, I'm stuck doing. Labels are designed, this afternoon I need to get them printed and placed in the dictionaries. That's roughly 100 labels, so I'll be watching a C.S.I. marathon while doing so.

This evening is the Rock'n Doodle 4-H Poultry Club, which thankfully I have absolutely no responsibilities for other than to show up and even that is optional. Josh wants to go because he wants to see inside the firehouse where the meeting is held. Men, gotta love them.

My darling friend Tiger is doing quite poorly. She's having to use a rolling walker with a seat to get around and cannot drive. Not that she has a car since her husband is on the Peninsula during the week so whenever she needs to run errands, etc. she rings me. I'm always happy to help, but the timing has meant I've had to delay a few projects and shuffle things around. No one is particularly happy with me for ding so (see dictionary project above), but since none of them are offering to take on the projects or even help, I don't feel particularly bad about any of it.

Meanwhile, its Hanukkah tonight. We'll be lighting the Shamash (servitor candle) and 1st night candles tonight before heading to the meeting. I've ordered Josh and Kevin's presents so now I'm just waiting for things to arrive, so I can wrap and gift. We won't be seeing Kevin until this weekend, so I'm hoping the prezzies have time to arrive. I've gotten a few pre-gifts already: a new oracle deck from one of my favorite artists and a DVD. What I really need is a new home desktop pc and I've let the boys know. I asked Mum for cash, to go towards the pc. I have my fingers crossed on both accounts.

Monday night is Hanukkah at the Chaplain Center, to which I am thrilled to have on the schedule. Anyone local who would like to go, I have a few extra Menorahs to loan you for this.

Meanwhile, my abdomen is having one of those really rough days. Pain, swelling, etc. and likely making me anemic in the process. I already take extra iron, but I may need to add more red meat to the diet until this episode is over.